Tutorials

=Rockets=

We learned how to use a variety of drawing tools in Flash. Additionally, we created custom gradients, worked with layers, added shadows,and added a graphic background.


 * =Aquarium= ||  ||
 * media type="file" key="ocean.swf" width="360" height="270" || The aquarium was our first animation. We learned about different symbols types in Flash, created multiple animations, animated in three dimensions, and edited various button states.

Roll your mouse over the words at the bottom to see the rollover effect. ||
 * =Planets= ||  ||
 * media type="file" key="planets.swf" width="360" height="270" || In the planet animation, we created complex masks to hide the background in our planet images, animated objects along a motion path, created nested movie clips, began working with text, and used behaviors to control the playback of our movie.

The animation to your left begins playing automatically. You can click the red button to reset the animation. The green button will play the animation again. ||
 * =Gator Race= ||  ||
 * media type="file" key="gators.swf" width="360" height="270" || The Gator Race was our first efforts at using Action Script 3.0. We used functions to control our time line set properties for different objects on our movies. We then created variables and arrays to allow for random events, making a different gator win each time the movie plays. We also used scripting loops and conditional statements to make each gator cry if it loses and cheer if it wins. We also learned how to add sound effects to our animations.

Click on the gator with the starter's pistol to see the movie play. Try it more than once to see a different gator win. ||
 * =Gopher Golf Game= ||  ||
 * media type="file" key="gophers.swf" width="360" height="270" || With the Gopher Golf Game, we continued our work in Action Script 3.0. by creating a real game! We learned how to make our mouse cursor change, program dynamic text areas that will keep score, and how to play a different ending to the animation based on whether or not the user wins or loses the game.

Click on the blue square to try your hand at Gopher Golf. Can you hit all 10 gophers? ||
 * =Talking Kid Site Intro= ||  ||
 * media type="file" key="kids_final.swf" width="360" height="270" || In this project, we worked with sound in Flash by creating the Introduction to a website for children. Since the target audience for this site includes children too young to read, all information is conveyed with images and sound. We learned about the different ways sounds can be imported and added to a project. We added sound to buttons, created controls to stop and start sounds, and even tried our hand at some lip syncing.

Roll over and click the buttons to see what we learned. (Note: The buttons on the TV have not been programmed. They are not supposed to work.) ||
 * =Travel Video Module= ||  ||
 * In our last step-by-step project, we learned about working with video in Flash. We used the Adobe Media Encoder to prepare our video files, and we learned how to work with the player components.

Click on the link to the right to see our Travel Video Module. || Travel Video Module ||

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